BOISE, Idaho — Two Boise high school teachers will face penalties on their teaching certificates after they made “inappropriate” comments to students, one who wore a Black Lives Matter T-shirt and another who remained seated during the Pledge of Allegiance, according to disciplinary reports obtained by the Idaho Statesman.
The Professional Standards Commission, an Idaho State Board of Education committee that regulates teacher certification, voted to reprimand Adrien Coronado, a former teacher at Timberline High School, and Robby Hindberg, a former teacher at Borah High School, Idaho EdNews first reported.
Coronado told a student wearing a “Black Lives Matter” T-shirt that “all lives matter” and led a class discussion about the shirt, prompting the student to leave the classroom, according to Coronado’s disciplinary report. Hindberg snapped a student’s face mask after commenting that she would likely stand for the Pledge of Allegiance if it was Mexico’s, according to a separate report.
